About Rudder   About the Founder John S. Nissyrios, ME(Res), BE(Hons), AssDip(Eng) MIEAust  CPEng, MAICD, AIMM, MAIPM, MINCOSE, MITEA, MIEEE John is an independent Management Consultant based in Canberra and the founding director of Rudder Consulting Pty Ltd. John is an Intelligent, highly accomplished Consultant with prestigious credentials and distinguished experience in delivering unparalleled consulting services to multimillion dollar projects, providing first class solutions on time and within budget. Global realist, executing a unique combination of analytical and creative talent to engender project success for high-profile clientele within the Commercial and Government sectors. John is a Chartered Professional Engineer (CPEng) as well as a Registered Professional Engineer (NPER) and has a wealth of experience spanning over 15 years, both in academia and industry. As a Chartered Professional Engineer, John possesses 10+ years of academia experience including studies toward a Doctor of Philosophy, together with a Masters Degree in Electronic Engineering by Research, Bachelor of Engineering in Electronic Engineering with First Class Honours, Associate Diploma in Electronic Engineering, and ongoing professional development related to his field. John’s Masters thesis, incorporating two volumes and 400+ pages, was scrutinised by an external examiner and world class expert in the US Pentagon , who proclaimed it as ‘Faultless and World Class’. Complementing this is John’s 13+ years distinguished industry experience and high-profile work achievements, facilitating cross-functional executive teams as a Strategic Advisor, Management Consultant, Principal Consultant, Senior Systems Engineer and Principal Research Engineer.   John’s executive consulting track record is first class, with a key role in major, multimillion dollar projects, professionally liaising with executive decision-makers across the globe for leading Corporate and Government clients. With proven experience as an invaluable asset to numerous high profile engineering projects, John has been selected to represent prominent consulting firms to front critical projects with their most significant clients, including the $3.2B  Jindalee Over the Horizon (JORN) Project; a joint venture between  US Lockheed Martin and Tenix Defence Systems, in collaboration with British Aerospace Systems UK. These include but not limited to:  Booz Allen Hamilton Ball Solutions Group Jacobs Sverdrup Australia Thales Australia RLM Systems Systems Engineering & Evaluation Centre Australian Centre for Test & Evaluation John’s background in research and development encompasses selection for a 3 year scholarship and as Principal Researcher on the multimillion dollar European ESPRIT Systems Engineering Data Representation & Exchange Standardisation project ‘SEDRES’ with the Systems Engineering and Evaluation Centre of the University of South Australia, while concurrently working towards an Australian Research Council sponsored PhD research program, ‘Performance Risk Mitigation in Systems Engineering Processes’ undertaken by a consortium of five aircraft manufacturers across Europe.  Required to travel overseas extensively on assignment, John has visited global organisations including Loughborough University Technology Computer-Human Interface Group at Loughborough University in the UK, British Aerospace Military Aircraft Division, Aérospatiale facility in Paris, the manufacturer of the Arianne V satellite launch rocket, and SAAB in Sweden. John has formal post graduate qualifications in T&E from the Australian Centre for Test & Evaluation (ACTE), of the University of South Australia and graduated in January 1996. His Masters Degree research Thesis entitled 'Conceptualisation & Automatic Generation of Test & Evaluation Master Plans (TEMPs) for Defence Acquisition Test Programs' , was the culmination of 3 years research undertaken full-time.  John has also undertaken post graduate short courses such as Principles of Test & Evaluation, ACTE, 1996. John has been a Member of Southern Cross Chapter of the International Test and Evaluation Association (ITEA) for over a decade. John is currently engaged as the Test & Evaluation Strategic Advisor on the Headquarters Joint Operations Centre (HQJOC) Command, Control, Communications, Computing & Intelligence (C4I) Project. The Project Prime System Integrator (PSI) is Thales Australia.  About our Name Rudder is derived from the Greek word Pedalion. Rudder's motto is..... "steering complexity towards simplicity" . Rudder started its business primarily servicing Defence clients such as the Australian Army, Navy, RAAF and the largest Defence Project Management Organisation, the Defence Material Organisation or DMO. Defence projects are primarily involved in the integration, design and testing of large complex systems such as Fighter Aircraft, Submarines or Armoured Vehicles, all of which have a Rudder for steering. Hence Rudder Consulting was formed, as the one firm that helps Government and commercial clients solve their toughest problems.